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Never Let Me Go: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro Staff Pick Set in a (barely?) alternate England in the late 1990s, Never Let Me Go is the sum of Kathy's memories. Kathy is one of many "donors" who have been brought into being for purposes that, while well-intended, can come to no good. Ishiguro's novel touches... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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One Good Turn: A Novel by Kate Atkinson Staff Pick It's hard to believe Kate Atkinson could follow up Case Histories with such a superb — may I suggest even superior? — novel: sly and witty, honest and humane, and, finally, complex and suspenseful. One could not ask for more than the whole package... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket Staff Pick The stakes just got higher at Hotel Denouement — no orphan is safe, as plot twists abound and shudder-causing jeopardy is rife. Read this, the next-to-last installment, at your own risk!... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Flesh and Blood: A Frank Elder Mystery (Frank Elder Mysteries) by John Harvey Publisher Comments Winner of the British Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger Winner of the Best British Crime Novel Barry Award IMPAC Award Finalist "A superb mysteryexcruciatingly suspenseful, rich in character and all too real in its depiction of the horrific... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Housekeeping vs. the Dirt: Fourteen Months of Massively Witty Adventures in Reading Chronicled by the National Book Critics Circle Finalist for Criticism by Nick Hornby Staff Pick Nick Hornby makes lit-crit as entertaining as your favorite novel with this collection of witty and expansive book columns for the Believer magazine. Hornby is open about a book's limitations, and brutally honest about his own, but when he loves a book... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Staff Pick This is my favorite out of all Margaret Atwood's books. It tells the story so convincingly of the cruelty and competition between young girls as viewed by the now older narrator Elaine. Complex and disturbing, Cat's Eye is a momentous book from one of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs Staff Pick As with other funny memoirists like Laurie Notaro or David Rakoff, Augusten Burroughs finds humor and absurdity in all sorts of mundane events. The twist is that Burroughs life — particularly his childhood — provides the surreal backdrop to a writer... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman Staff Pick One of Klosterman's most "dangerous ideas" may be his assertion that Billy Joel is a fantastic songwriter, but, oddly enough, his profile on the singer is not only fascinating, it earned him the wrath of Mr. Joel himself. How ironic! And yet, perhaps not.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey Staff Pick It is hard to think of a better storyteller than Peter Carey. His plots leap and bound with a narrative thrust propelled by the strength of his dynamic characters and also by his literary verve. Theft is a love story — eventually — but unlike most... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Arthur and George: A Novel by Julian Barnes Staff Pick Can I already announce the best book of 2006 in January? If so, here it is! With his customary elegant prose and intricate and wry observational skill, Julian Barnes narrates the true story of the relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and George... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald Staff Pick Intricately detailed yet compulsively readable, Conspiracy of Fools is the best account yet of the Enron debacle. Eichenwald makes you feel like you are there — in the boardroom, on the cell phone — while the deals get brokered and the walls come... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science by M G Lord Staff Pick Astro Turf is a witty and perceptive look at the history of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California as seen from the daughter of one of its leading rocket scientists. Lord's lens is trained on the macho culture of the program, the culture that set... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Before the Frost (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Henning Mankell Staff Pick Henning Mankell's mysteries make many others pale in comparison. In this, his tenth, Kurt Wallander is joined by daughter Linda in an incredibly suspenseful search for a religious psychopath. Combining an urgent and complex plot with politics and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ethical Gourmet by Jay Weinstein Staff Pick Like many, I want to eat well and yet have as little harmful impact on my environment as possible. Thanks to Weinstein I feel so much better informed about the choices I can make, and have had my eyes opened to factors I hadn't stopped to consider (the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery Staff Pick Not only is paleontologist Flannery's urgent call to arms about global climate change fascinating and terrifying, it is also the most accessible book on the topic around. Flannery writes beautifully, clearly examining every angle of the debate... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fleshmarket Alley: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Mysteries) by Ian Rankin Staff Pick Some of the best crime writing these days seems to be coming from Scotland, and Ian Rankin is the cream of the crop. A brilliant addition to the Inspector Rebus series (as well as an ideal launching point for newcomers to Rankin), Fleshmarket Alley is... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Mission Song by John le Carre Staff Pick The Mission Song contains all the complexity and conspiracy of a great John le Carré novel, this time with an unusually young and witty narrator, interpreter Bruno Salvo; half-Congolese and well and truly in over his head. Le Carré's take on the... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery Staff Pick Not only is paleontologist Flannery's urgent call to arms about global climate change fascinating and terrifying, it is also the most accessible book on the topic around. Flannery writes beautifully, clearly examining every angle of the debate... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Instant Cook by Donna Hay Staff Pick When you can finally drag yourself away from the glorious photographs and into the kitchen to start cooking, you will be richly rewarded by these delicious, elegant, and surprisingly simple recipes. Hay's style is clean and uncomplicated, and she offers... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley Staff Pick Buckley presents Seinfeld-esque satire of Big Tobacco -- and like Jerry's gang, no one is safe from skewering, be it lobbyists, ad-men, activists, or the media. Thank You for Smoking is erudite and keen, sly and witty, and — dare I say it? — a modern... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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